In Australia, women are under-represented in organised sport—as participants, coaches, officials, administrators, and board members—when compared to their male cohort. A variety of strategies exist to help equalise opportunities for girls and women, however, concerns continue on how gender bias may prevent them from receiving the full benefits sport and physical activity (PA) can offer.
Read moreIn practical terms ‘sport’ is defined by its social interpretation as well as its strong association with physical exertion and performance measures. What we perceive as ‘sport’ in one instance may not be in another; sport takes on many forms and is constantly changing based upon societal norms, trends, and new directions.
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Wearable sensor informed activity workloads in elite women's water polo. To use inertial measurement units and machine learning techniques to classify and quantify common upper limb movements in elite womens ... Project Owner: Queensland Academy of Sport.
4 Apr 2024: The promotion of women in sport has been identified by the Australian Government as a key focus area for the future development of sport in Australia. ... The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is working towards achieving greater recognition of
1 Dec 2023: required to support Olympic combat athletes is relatively low, 6) both men and women compete in combat sports and 7) many sport science and sports medicine themes are shared across combat ... Once the project met approval by AIS leadership, individual
24 Nov 2020: Olympic Games, Los Angeles. 31 Jul 1984. Women's 100m Freestyle. 56.51. ... Commonwealth Games, Auckland. 27 Jan 1990. Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay.
Evaluating the physical demands of women's rugby union. This project is intended to quantify the physical demands placed on Rugby Union players. ... Rugby union is a field-based invasion sport that incorporates a series of intermittent bouts of high
4 Apr 2024: To identify factors that attract and retain women from culturally diverse backgrounds as leaders in sport. ... Sports Industry Economic Analysis: Exploring the size and growth potential of the Sport Industry in Australia.
5 Dec 2022: The report, written in collaboration with the Australia Sports Commission, is a decadal update on previous work on Megatrends in Australian Sport released in 2012. ... She was also the inaugural speaker in the Australian Women in Blockchain series.
1 Feb 2024: Sport and recreation activities. SLSA also serves as the National Sporting Organisation for surf sports as competitive and recreational activities. ... Office for Sport. The Office for Sport sits within the Department of Health.
4 Apr 2024: Effective anti-racism approaches for women and girls in community sport. ... This project aims to address inequities in sport participation for girls, women and non-binary people in Queensland.
To quantify the opportunity of investing into the visibility of women’s elite sport, the Victorian Government’s Office for Women in Sport and Recreation (OWSR) commissioned a study delivered by ... Project Owner: Office for Women in Sport and